Re: [PATCH] Split of the normal mode

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <okuji@enbug.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:29:26 +0900

> So if nobody else can, I would like to get it straight again myself,
> although I am pretty busy (as I have a startup company, can you
> imagine how tough it is?).

Everybody is too busy to give this project the attention and time it
deserves to be maintained properly.

I honestly do not think the situation will change significantly until
someone is able to devote real time as a maintainer and process all of
the patches that get submitted each day.

As top level maintainter that has to be your number one priority,
processing patches efficiently.  Otherwise developers go elsewhere and
you will eventually be working on all the features and bug fixes
yourself.

If you, on the other hand, devote the necessary time to patches
then developers will be motivated.  They will do all the work and
you can take all the credit :-)

But I do appreicate that you understand the issue of trust.  It is
the only way to operate sanely.